The ruling adds to the pressure on the White House after the Atlantic magazine revealed that its editor had been accidentally added to the group on the commercially-available Signal app.
District Judge James Boasberg -- who has already incurred Trump’s wrath after ruling against the administration in a separate migration case -- said he would order the government to “preserve all Signal communication between March 11 and March 15.”
The dates cover the period between when National Security Advisor Mike Waltz set up the chat -- and mistakenly added Goldberg -- and the day of deadly US airstrikes on the Iran-backed Huthis.
The magazine published the full chat on Wednesday, including sensational messages in which Hegseth revealed the timings of strikes hours before they happened and details of planes and missiles used.
Trump has largely pinned the blame on Waltz -- saying he had admitted he was “responsible” -- while denying that any classified material was shared in the group.
'Mistake'
The president earlier this month called for Boasberg to be impeached after the judge barring the administration's use of an obscure wartime law to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador.
The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee issued a bipartisan call on Thursday for a Pentagon watchdog to probe the claims in the Atlantic.
Democrats have claimed that the lives of US service members could have been put at risk by the breach, and the row has raised serious questions about potential intelligence risks.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that “we have never denied that this was a mistake” and insisted that Waltz had taken “responsibility.”
US Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday that the breach was unlikely to face a criminal investigation.
Washington has vowed to use overwhelming force against the Huthis until they stop firing on vessels in the key shipping routes of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, with the rebels threatening to resume attacks in protest over the Gaza war.
The Huthis said Thursday they had targeted an Israeli airport and army site as well as a US warship, soon after Israel reported intercepting missiles launched from Yemen.
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